Sudirman Cup 2025: India endure 1-4 defeat towards Denmark regardless of Tanisha and Shruti’s spectacular win

Ladies’s doubles mixture of Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra got here up with a formidable win, however injury-hit Crew India couldn’t keep away from a 1-4 loss towards the formidable Denmark of their Group D opener within the BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2025 in Xiamen, China on Sunday.

With India lacking the providers of their first-choice males’s and girls’s doubles mixtures, they wanted the bench power to step up. Up stepped Tanisha and Shruti, exhibiting what they’re able to with a 21-13, 21-18 win over Natasja Anthonisen and Alexandra Boje within the final rubber.

Earlier, former world champion PV Sindhu got here closest to bagging one other level for India towards Line Kjaersfeldt. The 29-year-old confirmed glimpses of her outdated self as she took the lead in each video games, however couldn’t preserve the momentum and misplaced narrowly 20-22, 21-23.

The tie started with blended doubles, the place India’s Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crato confronted opponents Jesper Toft and Amalie Magelund. Dhruv and Tanisha began robust however went down 13-21, 14-21 in straight video games, giving Denmark the early benefit.

Asian Video games bronze medallist HS Prannoy, then, took the struggle to Anders Antonsen within the males’s singles rubber, however ended up on the flawed finish of the 15-21, 16-21 rating line.

India will now look to bounce again of their subsequent Sudirman Cup tie towards Asian heavyweights Indonesia, which can be performed on Courtroom 1 of the Fenghuang Gymnasium on Tuesday.

Outcomes:

India 1-4 Denmark: Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto misplaced to Jesper Toft/Amalie Magelund 13-21, 14-21; HS Prannoy misplaced to Anders Antonsen 15-21, 16-21; Hariharan Amsakarunan/R Ruban Kumar misplaced to Kim Astrup/Anders Rasmussen 7-21, 4-21; PV Sindhu misplaced to Line Kjaersfeldt 20-22, 21-23; Tanisha Crasto/Shruti Mishra bt Natasia Anthonisen/Alexandra Boje 21-13, 21-18